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Game in which men get pushed around (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chess

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'game in which men get pushed around' is the definition.
'chess' can be an answer for 'game' (chess game is a kind of game). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'game in which men' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'cs' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in which' is an insertion indicator.
'men' becomes 'hes' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cs' placed around 'hes' is 'CHESS'.

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(Other definitions for chess that I've seen before include "Ancient war game whose name may have derived for the Persian for 'king'" , "Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus musical" , "In which two bishops will participate" , "show" , "Board game for two players" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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